35 teachers absent from Hastings

Few other schools report unusual absences

5:19 PM,
Dec. 11, 2012

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The Enquirer

Thirty-five teachers were absent today from Hastings Area School System, Superintendent Todd Greelings said, which he called "an unusual and higher than normal" absence rate.

Teachers are not required to report their reason for taking personal days, so Greelings could not confirm his teachers had joined the thousands of union protesters in Lansing today as lawmakers gave final approval to so-called "right-to-work" legislation.

He said the average number of Hastings teachers absent this time of year was 17, as the flu season added absences to ...